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How to Open YouTube app with YouTube id on a button click in iOS

I am building an app in which i will be having a UIButton named Watch Video on clicking the button the YouTube app/web should be opened with the respective youtube ID.

I saw code to embed YouTube videos in iOS but i did not find anything of this sort. Any ideas would be really helpful.

Solution

  • This way you first check if the YouTube app is installed on a device, and then open the app or else go to Safari.

        let youtubeId = "SxTYjptEzZs"    
    var youtubeUrl = NSURL(string:"youtube://\(youtubeId)")!
    if UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(youtubeUrl){
            UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(youtubeUrl)
    } else{
            youtubeUrl = NSURL(string:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\(youtubeId)")!
            UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(youtubeUrl)
    }